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When people talk about principle, sometimes it really isn’t about the money. The proposed and disputed sale of a small chunk of south Calgary’s parkland on the ridge at the top of Hillcrest Avenue is precisely about principle: All other arguments are specious.

In the new world of Calgary’s luxury real estate market, inner-city condos are competing against suburban estate homes for the hottest piece of a booming sector. Consider this fact: A Calgary businessman just paid $7 million for an estate condominium of 3,809 square feet with an 1,800-square-foot outdoor terrace in The Concord, a new 200-unit project […]

Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith says she trusts Premier Jim Prentice not to call a general election for another year and a half. Under provincial law, the next election is scheduled to be held within a three-month period in spring 2016. Smith told reporters at the party’s annual convention in Red Deer that she doesn’t expect […]

It will be several weeks before Calgarians will be privy to the recommendations of a city council committee over a land dispute between one of the city’s wealthiest citizens and neighbouring communities. On Thursday, residents of Mount Royal and Cliff Bungalow-Mission and multimillionaire met behind closed doors with the land and asset strategy committee. “It […]

Residents from two southwest neighbourhoods are preparing for a showdown Thursday with a renowned Calgary philanthropist over a land dispute that has been brewing for years. Donald Taylor, known for donating tens of millions to local universities and the Calgary Stampede, wants to buy from city hall more than 2,000 square feet of green space […]

The battle in Calgary-Elbow on Monday turned into the three-way dogfight as expected, but newly appointed education minister Gordon Dirks pulled away from the Wildrose and the fledgling Alberta Party to cement a “significant” victory. Dirks, a former Saskatchewan cabinet minister, led the pack in the early going and then distanced himself from the Wildrose’s John Fletcher and the Alberta Party’s Greg Clark.

Internationally acclaimed architect Jeremy Sturgess always felt there was something special about the row of residential towers that began to populate 26th Avenue S.W. in Mission along the Elbow River when he first moved to Calgary as a young teen in the 1960s.

The Crown has stayed a criminal charge against a prominent Mount Royal University professor who was accused of forcible confinement. A female colleague pursued the allegation against criminology professor John Winterdyk via a private prosecution, a process that allows civilians to initiate charges rather than the usual procedure involving police and the Crown.

Alberta’s highly-touted salary and severance disclosure list appears to have stalled coming out of the gate. Eight months after the so-called sunshine list was unveiled, there’s been no progress on announced plans to expand it to include Alberta Health Services, post-secondary schools and 200 other agencies, boards and commissions.

Calgary has a fabulous city skyline filled with interesting office towers and framed by a mix of historic inner-city neighbourhoods and gleaming new condominium towers. Here’s a look at the Top 5 Calgary skyline viewing locations:

Having unveiled a series of polices intended to repair confidence in the provincial government ­— and rehabilitate the PC party’s tarnished image — Alberta Premier Jim Prentice set his sights Monday on winning a seat in the legislature. Standing inside the cabin-style Southern Alberta Pioneers Building in southwest Calgary, Prentice announced thousands of Albertans will head to the polls Oct. 27 to vote in four byelections, including three in Calgary and one in Edmonton.

EDMONTON — Opposition parties blasted the notion of appointing unelected members to the new Tory cabinet as undemocratic Monday and said the idea shows the weak hand incoming premier Jim Prentice has been dealt after winning the Progressive Conservative leadership on the weekend. Speaking to reporters at Government House before meeting with Premier Dave Hancock, Prentice said he hoped to soon be sworn in as premier along with his new cabinet, possibly as early as next Monday.

Finance Minister Doug Horner clearly had responsibility for the provincial government’s aircraft fleet when it was used inappropriately by former premier Alison Redford, says Tory leadership candidate Jim Prentice. Although Horner has claimed he was only responsible for air fleet policy and the bookings of planes, Prentice said in an interview Wednesday he believes the buck stopped with him.

The Wildrose and the Progressive Conservatives were neck-and-neck in fundraising during the spring, as Alberta’s political climate shifted significantly with two leadership races kicking into gear. New financial documents released Wednesday by Elections Alberta show the Opposition Wildrose raked in $680,740 during the second quarter of 2014, while the long-governing PCs took in $637,124 during the April-to-June period.

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